WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR - 2015

E-mail:sugandh.cbse@live.com
CBSE/ACAD./AD&IC(R&I)/2015
Tel: 011-23220155
08 June, 2015
Circular no. Acad-27/2015
All the Heads of Institutions Affiliated to CBSE
WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR - 2015
LET’S TURN THE PAGE… [UNESCO campaign]
For children, being engaged in child labour means being exposed to
hazardous conditions, violence and poor treatment. They are being
deprived of their right to go to school, putting their health at risk, and
being robbed of their childhood.
The Central Board of Secondary Education looks towards partnering, with all its
affiliated schools, in raising awareness among the students and community about
this all too prevalent situation. The Board proposes to bring home the fact that,
this violation of child rights is preventable, not inevitable. Effective action against
child labour requires looking at the problem through proper understanding of its
underlying causes, and addressing them proactively.
The Board, therefore, invites all its affiliated schools to undertake the suggested
student-led, community-based projects earnestly, to raise awareness of and
address the issue of Child Labour. A report of the project may be submitted for the
competition.
A SCHOOL-BASED PROJECT TO ELIMINATE CHILD LABOUR IN THE
COMMUNITY
About the competition:
1.Objectives: Students learn to:
 Set clear, practical goals to promote eradication of child labour in their community
 Develop empathy for the less fortunate children
 Design tools like survey questions, conduct interviews and keep records
 Conduct meaningful interactions with peers, teachers and community leaders
 Draft a timeline to carry out the activity
 Use a variety of media to project the message among school mates and community
 Gather relevant data and photographic/visual evidence, do objective research and analysis,
leading to deeper understanding and constructive action
 Collaborate as a team, with dedication and enthusiasm
 Assess tangible achievements, both qualitatively and quantitatively
 Consolidate in the form of a Project Report, using given guidelines
2. Participation: In a group of 20-30 students, taken from classes VI-X, under the supervision of
teacher or counselor
3. Projects may include the following:
i.
Developing a survey tool, by which students can gather data about children working in
homes, shops or behind the scenes in workshops, hotels or factories, their level of
education, personal circumstances, kind of difficulties they face, earnings, dependents etc.
ii.
Interviews to find out about their work and work conditions that may be
photographed/videographed
iii.
School project group puts up charts/posters/messages against child labour and interacts
with parents, community leaders, NGO’s who can help them sustain their project and they
share their observations/findings
iv.
A practical schedule to be developed where child labourers can receive academic support
and/or opportunities for skills development inside or outside the school premises, after
working hours /week-end and parents’ counseling on site
v.
A description of the process and its outcome/s since its inception, in the form of a simple,
informative Project Report.
4. The project report: Based on a school project to be initiated /already in place during the first
term of the 2015-16 session.
5. Mode of submission: Receivable on or before Monday 24th August, 2015, addressed to:
Ms. P. Rajeswary, Education Officer [English]
Central Board of Secondary Education
Shiksha Sadan , 17, Rouse Avenue
New Delhi – 110 002.
Entries received after this date may be deemed invalid.
a. The total length of the project report to be15- 20 A4 size pages, 20 lines per page.
b. The project should be neatly typed or handwritten. Credit will be awarded to original
drawings, illustrations and creative use of materials, including photographs, videographic
recording of activities/interviews presented along with the report.
c. It should be presented in a neatly bound, simple folder only.
d. The report is to be developed in the following sequence.
 The cover page, showing project title, students’ names in full, name of the
Principal and Teacher-in-charge, name of school with complete address, contact
number/s and e-mail id, duly attested by the Principal, as work being done by
the students of the school.
 List of contents
 Acknowledgements and preface (acknowledging the school, organisations and
libraries visited and person/s who have helped)

An introduction

Sections with suitable headings

Planning and activities initiated and completed during the project period

How the project is being sustained and incorporated in the school curriculum
[summary and suggestions or findings, future scope]
Note: The report should be concise, factual and self-explanatory, submitted as a hardcopy only.
The Project Report will be evaluated by a panel of experts appointed by the Board.
Points will be awarded, based on the following criteria:
Process
15%
Student
Involvement
15%
Sustainability
35%
Tangible Outcome
[ to date]
25%
Project Report
10%
The result will be announced on the CBSE academic website. The top 30 schools,
and the students participating in the project, will receive a certificate awarded by
the Board.
All school Heads are therefore directed to give wide publicity and coverage to the
school project in order to raise awareness of this issue of child labour among all
their stakeholders, and join hands with them to eradicate it.
S/d(Mrs. Sugandh Sharma)
Additional Director & IC (Research and Innovation)
Copy to the respective Heads of Directorates, Organizations and Institutions as indicated below with a
request to disseminate the information to all the schools under their jurisdiction:
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The Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, 18-Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, N D-16
The Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, B-15, Sector-62, Institutional Area, Noida-201309.
The Director of Education, Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Old Secretariat, Delhi-110 054.
The Director of Public Instructions (Schools), Union Territory Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh-160 017.
The Director of Education, Govt. of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim – 737101.
The Director of School Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar – 791 111
The Director of Education, Govt. of A&N Islands, Port Blair - 744101.
The Director of Education, S.I.E., CBSE Cell, VIP Road, Junglee Ghat, P.O. 744103, A&N Island
The Director, Central Tibetan School Administration, ESSESS Plaza, Community Centre, Sector 3, Rohini
The Additional Director General of Army Education, A –Wing, Sena Bhawan, DHQ, PO, New Delhi-110001.
The Secretary AWES, Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army), FDRC Building No. 202,Shankar Vihar (Near APS),
Delhi Cantt-110010
All Regional Directors/Regional Officers of CBSE with the request to send this circular to all the Heads of the
affiliated schools of the Board in their respective regions.
All Associate Professor & Additional Directors/Advisors/Consultants
All Joint Director/Deputy Director/Assistant Director, CBSE
Incharge IT Unit with the request to put this circular on the CBSE Academic website.
The Assistant Librarian, CBSE
The Public Relations Officer, CBSE
PS to Chairperson, CBSE
PS to Secretary, CBSE
PS to Controller of Examinations, CBSE
PS to Director (Special Exams and CTET), CBSE
PA to JS & IC (A & T)
PA to AD & IC (R&I)
PS to Director (Information Technology)
Additional Director & IC (Research & Innovation)